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Radxa X4 vs Radxa ROCK Pi S

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
RadxaX4 (8GB)X4 (8GB) Product Page
RadxaROCK Pi S (512MB)ROCK Pi S (512MB) Product Page
Basic Specifications
Price
$80*
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$17*
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RAM8GB512MB
SoC
Intel N100
Intel® UHD Graphics
Rockchip RK3308B
Architecturex86ARM
CPU Cores
4 cores
4× Alder Lake-N @ 3.2GHz
4 cores
4× Cortex-A35 @ 1.0GHz

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Detailed Reviews

Read our comprehensive reviews from bret.dk featuring data and benchmarks from sbc.compare:

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Radxa X4 (8GB)
Radxa ROCK Pi S (512MB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,243
Radxa ROCK Pi S (512MB)
No Data
Multi-Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
2,981
Radxa ROCK Pi S (512MB)
No Data

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Radxa X4 (8GB)
3,756 MIPS
Radxa ROCK Pi S (512MB)
545 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Radxa X4 (8GB)
9,597 MIPS
Radxa ROCK Pi S (512MB)
1,914 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Radxa X4 (8GB)
27.19 GFLOPS
Radxa ROCK Pi S (512MB)
No Data
Performance/Watt
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1.23 GFLOPS/W
Radxa ROCK Pi S (512MB)
No Data

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,625
Radxa ROCK Pi S (512MB)
171
Multi Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
3,952
Radxa ROCK Pi S (512MB)
601

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Radxa X4 (8GB)
4,782
Radxa ROCK Pi S (512MB)
261

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
5.61 kH/s
Radxa ROCK Pi S (512MB)
0.52 kH/s
Multi Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
22.13 kH/s
Radxa ROCK Pi S (512MB)
2.08 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

memcpy
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Radxa ROCK Pi S (512MB)
810.9 MB/s
memset
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Radxa ROCK Pi S (512MB)
1,858.4 MB/s

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,815
Radxa ROCK Pi S (512MB)
No Data

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
Radxa X4 (8GB)
13.77 tok/s
Radxa ROCK Pi S (512MB)
No Data
Tokens/Watt
Radxa X4 (8GB)
0.69 tok/W
Radxa ROCK Pi S (512MB)
No Data
Tokens/Dollar
Radxa X4 (8GB)
0.17 tok/$
Radxa ROCK Pi S (512MB)
No Data

Storage Performance

Disk I/O throughput measured with FIO

fio Storage Performance - microSD

Higher Speeds are Better • Raspberry Pi 64GB (64GB microSD)

4K Random Read
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Radxa ROCK Pi S (512MB)
10.5 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Radxa ROCK Pi S (512MB)
8.3 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - M.2 NVMe

Higher Speeds are Better • Western Digital Black SN770M (500GB M.2 NVMe)

4K Random Read
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,069.6 MB/s
Radxa ROCK Pi S (512MB)
No Data
4K Random Write
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,013.3 MB/s
Radxa ROCK Pi S (512MB)
No Data

Network Performance

Ethernet and WiFi throughput measured with iPerf3

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up
Radxa X4 (8GB)
2,350 Mbps
Radxa ROCK Pi S (512MB)
94 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Radxa X4 (8GB)
2,355 Mbps
Radxa ROCK Pi S (512MB)
94 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Load Power
Radxa X4 (8GB)
12.2W
Radxa ROCK Pi S (512MB)
1W
Ollama Max
Radxa X4 (8GB)
20.5W
Radxa ROCK Pi S (512MB)
No Data
Linpack Max
Radxa X4 (8GB)
22.1W
Radxa ROCK Pi S (512MB)
No Data

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